Pre-1940 Blues: your recommendations
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Always happy to oblige.
I've not posted on it much since I started it, cos it's a bit tedious posting, "Cheers, great link," or "I've got some of theirs already -- amazing stuff." But I'll certainly be chasing up a lot of the artists on here.
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I absolutely love his work as a "sideman" for Texas Alexander who -- as I say in my OP -- must have been an absolute bastard to accompany cos of his very 'free' style.
Listening to that YouTube, Lonnie Johnson is playing with almost ragtime-like precision, so christ alone knows how he made the adjustment. Other than being a fucking genius, obviously.
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And here they both are.
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And here he is being slightly harder to accompany.
Nice. I'd never heard of texas alexander so I'll bear it in mind. Here is another LJ favorite.
Blue Room with Eddie Lang
Blue Ghost
And an electric performance some time later than the 1940s.
Another Night to Cry
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He's quite unusual for a male blues singer of the time (and indeed since) in that he didn't play an instrument. Although I've read that he used to wander about with a guitar, in case he met anyone who could accompany him.
Just listening to that Lonnie Johnson/Eddie Lang YouTube, btw. Lovely stuff. Could there be better music to be listening to at ½ 2 in the morning?
Just listening to that Lonnie Johnson/Eddie Lang YouTube, btw. Lovely stuff. Could there be better music to be listening to at ½ 2 in the morning?
Its unbelievable. Cannot get over it.
Well I did get over it but I must of listened to it ten-15 times before listening to the rest.
And here he is being slightly harder to accompany.
Great blues that.
That's a great solo.
Ah yes - what Knotted said.
Some of my favourites;
Richard "Rabbit" Brown- James Alley Blues
Charley Patton- Green River Blues
Barbecue Bob- Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
Charley Jordan- Keep it clean
Casey Bill Weldon- The Big Boat
Furry Lewis- Furry's blues
Blind Joe Reynolds- Outside woman blues
Richard "Rabbit" Brown- James Alley Blues
Charley Patton- Green River Blues
Barbecue Bob- Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
Charley Jordan- Keep it clean
Casey Bill Weldon- The Big Boat
Furry Lewis- Furry's blues
Blind Joe Reynolds- Outside woman blues
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Just bumping this cos I downloaded a Blind Blake album last week, and have been listening to it fairly solidly on my iPod since. Great stuff, cheers.
oh, get this mississippi john hurt album - he's brilliant!
http://oldweirdamerica.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/21-frankie-by-mississippi-john-hurt/
http://oldweirdamerica.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/21-frankie-by-mississippi-john-hurt/
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it's thanks to you i found that download tbh - i always thought that his version of stagger lee was the best but hadn't heard anything else... then his songs on the anthology of american folk music turned out to be red-hot too, so i thought i should get everything else he's done...
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Awr, thanks.
Meanwhile I haven't got my Anthology yet cos I'm buying it on CD from America.
